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climb

[klahym] / klaɪm /


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Detailed observations and measurements showed that the monkeys can nevertheless bend parts of their feet enough to climb narrow vertical tree trunks while seeking food, hiding or finding places to sleep.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

The scorching summer offered a sneak peek of what’s in store elsewhere, including in the U.S., as carbon emissions continue and temperatures climb in the years and decades to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Keeping it up for an hour, next to civilian commuters who looked ready to climb onto the tracks themselves by Buena Park?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Big Tech has helped the S&P 500 climb so far in August.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

I think I can climb out my window, but I’ve never tried before, so I’m not sure if it’ll work.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Once the rocket climbs high enough that the surrounding atmosphere is no longer a threat, the fairing will no longer be needed.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Now, home sellers in other parts of the nation are also finding it increasingly hard to sell their properties as inventory climbs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but their path seems to trace back to the constellation Perseus, which rises in the north east and climbs higher during the night.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Some are very short — the Manitou Incline in Colorado is less than one mile long but climbs 1,900 feet and begins at 7,000 feet of elevation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Concentrating on that comforting fact, he climbs up past the bottom branches he was relegated to years ago, past the branches claimed by his sister and her friends.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Fannin measured as much as 46 degrees of flexion in the animals' midfoot while they climbed vertically.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

They traced the sound back to the cistern and climbed up about seven feet to its small opening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

"One by one, we also climbed out through the driver's side," then scrambled up a hill, she said.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

He said he and his friends climbed the mountain in 2023 and had to wait in a queue for more than 30 minutes to reach the summit.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

I unwound the old sheet from around my middle, and me and Lloyd climbed the ladder to the bell tower like two squirrels up a shellbark hickory.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Vertical climbing is not limited to nonhuman primates.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Now with annual fees on some cards climbing toward four figures, the cat-and-mouse game between banks and customers over rewards is intensifying.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their bills.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Serena said when she saw other people avoiding the queue by climbing the rocks, she and her partner decided to do the same.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

From here they must turn due west again, climbing until they reached what looked like a steep cliff.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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